Cape Fear River

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river

The Cape Fear River is a major waterway in eastern North Carolina that flows from the Piedmont to the Atlantic Ocean, historically important for transportation, trade, and regional development.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Cape Fear River Basin 3
Cape Fear River basin 2
Cape Fear River estuary 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy Cape Fear Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isabel Holmes Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
US Route 74/76 bridges ⓘ
drainageBasin Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cape Fear River Basin
economicImportance regional development in eastern North Carolina ⓘ
support of port activities at Wilmington ⓘ
environmentalIssue industrial contamination concerns ⓘ
nutrient loading and runoff issues ⓘ
water pollution concerns ⓘ
flowsFrom Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
flowsInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsThroughCounty Bladen County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chatham County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumberland County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harnett County, North Carolina ⓘ
New Hanover County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pender County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEstuary Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cape Fear River estuary
hasTributary Black River (North Carolina) ⓘ
Deep River ⓘ
Haw River ⓘ
Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Cape Fear River
historicalUse navigation corridor to the interior of North Carolina ⓘ
trade route ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ
length approximately 202 miles ⓘ
approximately 325 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern North Carolina ⓘ
mouthLocation near Cape Fear, North Carolina ⓘ
near Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter Cape Fear ⓘ
navigationStatus navigable in lower reaches ⓘ
nearbyPort Port of Wilmington ⓘ
surface form: Port of Wilmington, North Carolina
partOf Atlantic coastal plain river systems ⓘ
passesNear Elizabethtown, North Carolina ⓘ
Lillington, North Carolina ⓘ
passesThrough Fayetteville, North Carolina ⓘ
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
sourceLocation confluence of the Deep River and Haw River ⓘ
near Moncure, North Carolina ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping (historically) ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply (in parts of its basin) ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bladen County, North Carolina → contains → Cape Fear River ⓘ
North Carolina Coastal Plain → contains → Cape Fear River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River lower basin
Cape Fear River → drainageBasin → Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River Basin
Cape Fear River → hasEstuary → Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River estuary
Chatham County, North Carolina → hasRiver → Cape Fear River ⓘ
Fayetteville, North Carolina → hasRiver → Cape Fear River ⓘ
Cape Fear River → hasTributary → Cape Fear River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeast Cape Fear River
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River basin
B. Everett Jordan Lake → locatedIn → Cape Fear River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River Basin
Wilmington → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Cape Fear River ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River basin
Brunswick Town → locatedOn → Cape Fear River ⓘ
Wilmington → locatedOnRiver → Cape Fear River ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilmington, North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina → partOf → Cape Fear River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Fear River Basin